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AP-APTN-2330: ++US Pakistan Ad Thursday, 20 September 2012 STORY:++US Pakistan Ad- Embassy ad with Obama and Clinton to defuse anti-Islam film tension LENGTH: 00:49 FIRST RUN: 2330 RESTRICTIONS: AP Clients Only TYPE: English/Nat SOURCE: US EMBASSY PAKISTAN HANDOUT STORY NUMBER: 859753 DATELINE: Various - Unknown LENGTH: 00:49 SHOTLIST: 1. Fade in of video caption written in both English and Urdu reading: "A message from the President of the United States Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton", fade out to black 2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Barack Obama, President of the United States: "Since our founding, the United States has been a nation that respects all faiths. We reject all efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs of others." ++FADE TO BLACK++ 3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Hillary Clinton, U.S. Secretary of State: "Let me state very clearly and I hope it is obvious that the United States government had absolutely nothing to do with this video. We absolutely reject its content and message. America's commitment to religious tolerance goes back to the very beginning of our nation. ++FADE TO WHITE++ 4. Fade in of U.S. embassy seal reading "Department of State - American Embassy Islamabad" STORYLINE The U.S. government released a video commercial in Pakistan on Thursday in which it condemned an anti-Islam film that has sparked protests across the country. The U.S. embassy in Islamabad paid 70-thousand U.S. dollars to air the advertisement on Pakistani television that features President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton denouncing the anti-Islam video. The State Department said the embassy had compiled brief clips for the 30-second public service announcement which ran on seven Pakistani networks, with a potential audience of 90 (m) million people. Obama and Clinton's comments, which are from previous public events in Washington, are in English but subtitled in Urdu, the main Pakistani language. President Obama is seen talking about America's tradition of religious tolerance, stating: "since our founding, the United States has been a nation that respects all faiths. We reject all efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs of others." Hillary Clinton echoes Obama's sentiments and confirms the U.S. government had nothing to do with the making of the video that contains vulgar depictions of the Prophet Muhammad. "Let me state very clearly and I hope it is obvious that the United States government had absolutely nothing to do with this video. We absolutely reject its content and message." Hundreds of youths clashed with security officials in Islamabad on Thursday as more than 2-thousand people tried to reach the US Embassy inside a guarded enclave that houses embassies and government offices. Demonstrators also rallied in the Pakistani cities of Lahore, Chaman, Karachi and Peshawar, although those demonstrations were peaceful. Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: infoaparchive.com (ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory. APTN (Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) AP-NY-09-20-12 1935EDT